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RESOLUTION NO. 5102
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY BY PROCEEDINGS
IN EMINENT DOMAIN
WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View (the "city") wishes
to reconstruct Old Highway 8 in the City to provide for the safe and
efficient movement of vehicles through the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has approved the plans and
specification for reconstruction of Old Highway 8; and
WHEREAS, in order to complete construction of the Old
Highway 8 improvements in accordance with those plans, it is necessary
for the City to acquire the real estate described in Exhibit A
attached hereto (the "Subject Property"); and
WHEREAS, the City has been unable to determine the
whereabouts of the owner of the Subject Property and therefore has
failed to agree upon terms of purchase with the owner; and
WHEREAS, the City Council needs to proceed with the
reconstruction of Olds Highway 8 in accordance with said plans and
specifications before the date when an award of commissioners may be
received in eminent domain proceedings; and
WHEREAS, the City Council further finds the
acquisition of the Subject Property through the exercise of eminent
domain is necessary for the completion of the Old Highway 8
improvements and the such an exercise of eminent domain would be for a
public purpose.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council
of the City of Mounds View Minnesota, hereby authorizes the City's
staff and city attorney, Kennedy & Graven, Chartered, to take all
necessary actions to acquire the Subject Property through eminent
domain proceedings and through use of the "quick take" procedures, and
described in Minn, Stats. 117.042.
Adopted
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Duane McCarty, Mayor --
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Chuck Whiting,
Clerk-Administrator
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EXHIBIT A
Leqal Description of Sublect Property
The part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter
of Section 17, Township 30, Range 23, lying south and
southeast of Ramsey County Road H and North and Northwest of
the "Rice Creek Channel Change" which is described in
Warranty Deed filed December 3, 1965, according to the
United States Government Survey, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA )
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COUNTY OF RAMSEY )
I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified Clerk-
Administrator of the City of Mounds View, Minnesota, hereby
certify that I have carefully compared the attached and foregoing
with the original thereof on file in my office, and the same is a
full, true and complete copy thereof, insofar as the same relates
to:
RESOLUTION NO. 5102
Resolution Authorizinq the Acquisition of Propertv bv Proceedinqs
in Eminent Domain
WITNESS MY HAND, officially as such Clerk-Administrator and
the corporate seal of the City of Mounds View the 24th day of
March, 1997.
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Chuck
Clerk-Administrator